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N0. 330,738. PatentedNov. 17, 1885.

AtfOrneI UNITE. TATES VVlLLIAM RICHARD AND OSCAR M. HOLCOMB, OF BLOOMVILLE, OHIO; SAID WILLIAM RICHARD ASSIGNOR TO JOHN D. WILSEY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHEARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,738, dated November 17, 1885.

' Application filed May 16, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM RICHARD and Oso-AR M. HOLOOMB, both residents of Bloomville, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shears; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention has relation to shears; and it consists in certain new and useful improvements upon the principles embodied in the pruning-shears for which William Richard has filed an application for Letters Patent in the United States Patent Office, Serial No. 161,450, as will be hereinafter fully described,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of our improved shears, showing the same open. Fig.2 is a perspective view taken from the opposite side to that shown in Fig. 1.

Ihe same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Referring to the several parts by letter, A represents the stationary blade or main portion of the shears, which is provided with the recess A, which is circular in shape, with the exception that at its outer side it is open for about one-fourth of its circumference, the depth of the said recess being about threefourths of the thickness of the main blade at the point where the said recess is formed.

B represents the movable handle or operating-lever, which is provided with the nearlycircular projection B, adapted to fit and work in the recess A, the said projection being of such a thickness that when placed in its operative position in the said recess its outer side or face will be flush with that face of the main blade with which it is contiguous. The operating-lever B is also provided with the outer projection, B, to which the upper end of the slotted movable auxiliary blade C, with or without a washer on, is pivotally connected.

C represents the sliding auxiliary blade Serial No. 165,747.

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having the pivot-slot C, with or without a washer,'and adapted to be pivotally connected at its upper end, at a, to the outer extension the nearly-circular recess A it is impossible for it to work out of the same sidewise, as the side opening of the said recess is less than the diameter of the said projection, that portion of the main blade extending over the nearlycircular recess preventing the escape of the lever-projection B in that direction, while the curved ear or projection C of the sliding blade 0, which, as before stated, extends over the projection B, serves to prevent the same from working out of the recess, thereby dispensing with the use of pivots or other similar fastening devices for the connection of the operatinglever with the stationary or main handle.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, 8 the construction of our improved shears will be readily understood without requiring fur ther explanation.

It will be seen that by constructing our improved shears in the manner described we 8 5 obtain an immense increase in leverage power, the blade being also given a drawing cut, which is an additional advantage in cutting any heavy fabric or material. By this construction we also simplify the construction of 0 the shears and decrease the expense of their manufacture as compared with the shears for which William Richard has filed an application for Letters Patent, Serial N 0. 161,450.

Having thus described our invention, we 5 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States The combination of the main blade having the circular recess open at one side for about operate in the manner and for the purposes one-fourth of its circumference, the operatingshown and set forth.

lever having the nearly-circular lower projec- In testimony that We claim the foregoing as tion adapted to fit and turn within the said our own We have hereunto aflixed our signa- 5 recess and provided with the upper projectures in presence of two witnesses.

tion, and the auxiliary sliding blade having WVILLIAM RICHARD. the pivot-slot and the inner ear or projection OSCAR M. HOLOOMB. and pivotally connected atits upper end above Vitnesses:

the said slot to the upper projection of the op- ISAAC C. GRAY,

1o crating-lever, all constructed and arranged to l BENJAMIN H. SPRITLER. 

